''Aulosphaera'' is a genus of

Cercozoa Cercozoa (now synonymised with Filosa) is a phylum of diverse single-celled eukaryotes. They lack shared morphological characteristics at the microscopic level, and are instead united by phylogeny, molecular phylogenies of rRNA and actin or Ubiqu ...

. The genus contains bioluminescent species. It one of two known bioluminescent

phaeodarea Phaeodarea or Phaeodaria is a group of amoeboid cercozoan organisms. They are traditionally considered radiolarians, but in molecular trees do not appear to be close relatives of the other groups, and are instead placed among the Cercozoa. They a ...

n genera (formerly thought to be

radiolarian The Radiolaria, also called Radiozoa, are unicellular eukaryotes of diameter 0.1–0.2 mm that produce intricate mineral skeletons, typically with a central capsule dividing the cell into the inner and outer portions of endoplasm and ecto ...

s), the other being '' Tuscaridium''. The described bioluminescent species is '' Aulosphaera triodon'' Haeckel, 1887.

Species

The following species are known (incomplete list): *'' Aulosphaera elegantissima'' Haeckel *'' Aulosphaera trigonopa'' Haeckel, 1860 *''

Aulosphaera bisternaria ''Aulosphaera'' is a genus of Cercozoa. The genus contains bioluminescent species. It one of two known bioluminescent phaeodarean genera (formerly thought to be radiolarians), the other being ''Tuscaridium''. The described bioluminescent species ...

'' Haeckel *'' Aulosphaera filigera'' Haecker, 1908 *'' Aulosphaera labradoriensis'' Borgert *'' Aulosphaera robusta'' Haecker, 1908 *'' Aulosphaera triodon'' Haeckel, 1887 *'' Aulosphaera trispathis'' Haecker, 1908 *'' Aulosphaera verticillata'' Haeckel

References

Phaeodaria Bioluminescent phaeodarians Taxa named by Ernst Haeckel Rhizaria genera {{Cercozoa-stub